Hey guys am back with the second chapter of mukou. Took awhile to write but I finally did it. Felt like i ran a marathon on this chapter. Anyways I hope you enjoy it. Now without any ado I introduce to you A New Home.
DECLAIMER: PKA owns the Naruto verse kishimoto does but the OC's are all mine.
"Speech"
'Thoughts'
"Dark speech"
"Dark thoughts"
"Techniques"
Enjoy!
INSERT- ALAN WALKER - FADED
I sat down on my bed with my head bowed deep in thought. After thinking about the warden's offer for a month, I had finally made a decision and had gone to see him. But that same time that it had taken for me to think over the warden's offer, faith had once again tampered with my life. A huge shadow cast over me which made me look up at the guard outside my cell. I could see the sad look in his eyes as we made eye contact.
"Naruto-sama. It's time"
That was all I needed to hear. I stand up from my bunk bed and walked towards the exit. I stopped in front of him and watched as he placed heavy gravity seals on both of my legs and chakra suppressor cuffs on my hands. When he was done he got down on his knees and bowed to me shocking me as none of the guards had ever done that before. After a few minutes of silence and a deep bow he got back up to his feet and lead me out of my isolated cell. We walked for a while navigating through the underground prison. It felt like walking in a maze, to think that I would actually be sentenced to such a prison is still unbelievable even though am living the moment. We made it into the final hallway that leads to the entrance of the prison to find the warden there with a dozen guards. I made eye contact with the warden for a brief moment as I walked pass him. He and the dozen guards excorted us from behind as the large doubled door entrance of the prison opened. I remembered our conversion earliar today when I went to see him.
"Am sorry to say this naruto-sama, but your freedom is now out of my hands. The hidden villages have decided that you should be taken to somewhere more secure. somewhere where you have no possible chance of ever escaping". Sukuna informed from his sit behind his desk with naruto before him cuff-free.
"I see"
"My sincerest apologies"
"No need to apologize. I have already accepted my fate. What about shion? She deserves to know".
"She will be informed. I have already sent a messanger to her".
'That's good enough' He reasoned with himself before a thought striked him.
"What is the name of this place?".
"... MUKOU"
I walked out through the gigantic double door stepping feet outside the prison for the first time in five years. The bright sunlight momentarily blinding me. Once I regained my vision, the warden and all the prison guards stand at attention on both side of the walkway leading to the final gate of the prison yard. A man stand by the exit with a black military coat over his shoulders. The coat has four stars on both shoulders indicating his rank. He has an angular face, blue unkept hair, green eyes and a rough face that looks like it didn't belong on his face. Underneath the coat he had on a grey strap suit without the jacket and black trousers completed by polished black leather shoes.
"Also a word of warning naruto-san" Sukuna stopped him as he was about to leave out his office door.
"Hm"
"The one coming to get you is Commander Don. Beware of him"
'So that's him'
"BEHOLD DIVISION!" Sukuna began his announcement grabbing everyone's attention as the prison guards straighten up.
"Feast your eyes on the form of the greatest hero this world has ever seen, for tomorrow you see him no more. This world has been dying for the past millennium. We needed hope and we were given salvation, we needed a savior and we were given one in the form of naruto uzumaki. The hero, the warrior and the second sage of six paths. Though this world showed you not the respect you deserve nor the love you commanded, but we who have been chosen to guard you will forever remember you for who you are!"
"A Teacher!"
"A Father!"
"A Savior!"
"THE SHINOBI NO KAMI!"
"We thank you for saving ungrateful beings such as us!"
"ARIGATOU NARUTO-SAMA!" They chorused as they went down on their knees as one and bowed with the forehead on the ground. I couldn't help the tears that flowed freely from my eyes at the scene. I turned to face the guard who had been accompanying me to see him face down on the ground as well. A smile break loose on my face as I walked down the steps towards the dumbstruck commander. He teared his gaze away from the bowing warden to look at me in disbelief.
'Who the hell are you? uzumaki naruto.'
TWO MONTHS LATER...
It's been two months since I set out to sea and out of the elemental nations with the commander and his troop on their warship. We finally arrived at "MUKOU" also known as the land of no salvation. A whole island converted into a prison housing over a thousand inmates and of four different sectors which are the north wing, south wing, east wing and the west wing. The prison is categorized into nine different blocks A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H and I. A stands for Anarchy, B brutal, C criminals, D destructive, E society rejects, F feminine, G government enemies, and finally the Isolation block also known as the void. This block is kept in the west wing underneath the prison never to see the light of day. Those kept here were not even expected to have even a silver of hope of seeing the light of day. The island is surrounded by a thick dark mist with walls as high as mountains making escape difficult. All the fishes and the plants around the island were all dead or not growing. It has an dreadful feeling around it. The clouds blocked out the sun forbidding the island from ever seeing the sunlight as it rained day in and out . The prison itself is a fortress with armed guards at every corner. Everything else outside the prison walls is a wasteland. It truly deserves the name of being called the Void.
I was lead through the prison to the warden's office by the commander with shackles on my wrists and ankles. A pink haired purple eyed woman sat behind the desk signing documents. She had on a dark red coat with white trimming. Underneath that she has on a dark blue suit without the jacket and a black high heel. She has a double d-cup chest with purple lipstick to match her eyes. Immediately she saw the commander she stopped what it was she was doing and stand up to salute the commander who just waved her off with an uninterested look.
"Suzan, this is uzumaki naruto from the elemental nations. Please treat him well" Don said in a bored tone as he gestured to me. She turned to face me with a cheerful smile but once she saw the shackles on me it immediately turned to a scowl as she glared heatedly at me for no particular reason. With his piece said the commander turned to me and gave me a slight nod before walking away, probably to conduct his research about me.
"Guards!" Suzan called out once Don left. Two guards rushed in from outside and saluted their leader.
"You know what to do" The guards nodded and held me by the shoulders before walking me out of the large office, the warden not taking her eyes off me throughout.
After He had been taking to the changing room he was stripped of his former prison wear and is given a new prison uniform to wear. This one a short sleeve red full body with a long sleeve white undershirt and white sneakers. He is currently being lead to his cell by two guards in a black long sleeve top and trouser with a L shape like object held in something like a pouch on both sides of him and a hat on their heads. His hands and legs are cuffed and are connected together by a chain. Cells lined both sides of the hallways with different numbers written on the top of the cells. He paid no mind to the inmates cat calls and insults as he walked passed each cell. They turned left, down another hallway into another block. The guards turned on their flashlight when they finally made it to block I completely cloaked in darkness making it hard to see. Even the flashlight hardly penetrated the darkness. They made it to the very last cell shrouded in darkness. No cellmates, no light, no bed, nohting, just darkness.
'Just the way I like it. Home' The guards took off his bindings allowing him to walk into the cell before shutting the door behind him. The darkness welcoming him, englufing him like a parent would a child. He navigated the dark cell before sitting at the dark corner of the cell to meditate. He watched the light leave as the guards walked out of the cell block leaving him to his own devices like the rest of the inmates. It's not called the Isolation block for no reason. He resigned into his mind allowing the darkness to guide him. A soft clapping sound interrupted his peace as he opened his eyes to glare at whoever dares interrupt his sleep.
"Hello there" A cheerful voice greeted grabbing his attention. He turned to his left to see a pair of pink eyes staring at him in the darkness with an unusual amount of curiosity.
"Who are you?"
"Are you my cellmate?" The voice questioned ignoring his question but he paid it no mind.
"It would seem so" He answered when the eyes suddenly lit up with recognition. He felt two small hands cup his cheeks and rubbed on his whisker marks. If it was possible the eyes widened even more with glee.
"You are uzumaki naruto" He raised a curious eyebrow at how they knew his name but it went unnoticed in the dark.
"You know who I am?" He asked curious. The eyes moved up and down in the air indicating that the figure nodded their head.
"Of course. Everyone knows of you though we have never seen you. You are the second rikudo no sennin, are you not?" Now he was curious. Had he been fooled? Was he still in the elemental nations? So many questions intruded his mind but only one stand out.
"Who are you?"
"That's a question that even I don't know the answer to" The eyes closed for a brief moment before opening again. Naruto stared at the eyes for a moment before deciding to let it slide.
"What is a child doing in the isolation ward? And a female no less" Immediately the words left his mouth the room fall into a deep silence worthy of the darkness it occupies.
'Must be a touchy subject'
SILENCE
"I'm here because my father considered me to be an abomination and a disgrace to our family name. So he had me placed in the isolation ward." She revealed breaking the silence. Her voice was filled with a great deal of sadness as she recalled the day her world came crashing down.
"For your own father to have you placed in a prison. Such a man doesn't deserve to be called a father" He stated as the eyes stared at him in shock before it grew teary.
"Arigatou naruto-san"
'Why did I say that all of a sudden?. Is it because I also have a daughter too or is it just my father instinct kicking in.'
"How long have you been here?" He asked snapping her out of her thoughts.
"Huh?"
"I asked how long you have been in this prison?"
"This many"
"I can't see your hands" He groaned, slightly annoyed.
"Sorry, Five months"
"That long"
"Yeah and I have only stepped out of this cell once".
"So that means that people in this block are only allowed to step out once in five months"
"Smart."
'I didn't survive this long by continuing to be a dobe'
"What about you naruto-san?"
"Hm"
"What is a hero like you doing in jail?"
"I became the villain of my own story" was his short and brief reply.
"So you are just like me?"
"You can say that" He placed his right hand on her head and ruffled her hair playfully shocking her.
"Don't be surprised. Am already used to the darkness" He winked at her which made her giggle while he smiled. He felt the air in his lungs forcefully leave his body as a sudden load hit him in the chest. He looked down at his chest to see pink eyes staring up at him before they disappeared, a sign that she closed her eyelids.
"Am really glad I met you naruto-san"
"Me too".
FIVE MONTHS LATER...
It's been five months since his transfer to mukou from his old prison. He had gotten to know a great deal about this continent from his cellmate and the country that this prison island resides in. Aoi Stella the name of his cellmate had taught him a great deal about their history and culture while he had in return told her all he can about all his heroic adventures, something she was happy to hear. The country which he now resides in is known as the skyfall kingdom which houses the island that mukou is built on. There are five kingdoms in total. Skyfall, the kingdom located in the middle east surrounded by whirlpool. It houses mukou and is said to be the kingdom best associated with the government even with it dark history and unusual weather conditions. It capital is whirlpool. Lionheart, the kingdom located in the west said to be the strongest. The inner doings of this kingdom are kept secret from the rest of the world. It's capital is known as Angel.
There is the white clover dynasty located in the north. This kingdom is the very first kingdom to be created and is the second strongest right after lionheart. The weather here is very different different as it has only one season which is winter, this is where stella said she's from. The capital of this kingdom is Rose. Holy grail is more like a fort where the world military is located along with those in power like the government. Finally the Spirit sanctum or realm is the hardest place to find. It is believed to lie in-between this world and the next. It is said that only those on the brink of death are ever allowed passage into this realm. Many have tried but none has ever returned. What intrigued me the most is the power used in this side of the world.
Unlike the elemental nations that uses chakra, they used something called Energy. From what she told me it's almost like chakra but to a greater extent and without the use of hand signs but instead something called spell. Like chakra however it can be channelled through weapons and objects and used in everyday expenses and livelihood . what I am most curious about is the dark spells she talked about, but she said to attain one will mean breaking into holy grail just to get our hands on one. Something she claimed was impossible to do. Stella said something about an adventure to find the ruins of angra. She said that it holds the secrets about this world and the power to fulfill any mortal desires. She planned to find it and seek for a way to enter the spirit realm to see her dead mother one more time but inorder to do that she would have to first escape this prison but even that seems impossible. Stella from what I know so far is a 8 years old girl with a curious personality and a sharp mind. I know none of her features cause I haven't seen her face even though I said I could see in the dark that was just a coincidence. But what I do know is that she has pink eyes and doned the same prisoner uniform as I. She has been my history teacher for the past five months now, and what a troublesome teacher she is. But in these few months that he had gotten to know her, he has come to care for her as his daughter. She reminded him a lot of how he was as a kid.
"NARUTO-SAN!" Speak of the devil. A pair of pink eyes rushed towards him before stopping at arms length. They looked overjoyed unlike the usual gleeful look he had gotten accustomed to. They jumped up and down in the air excited confusing him as to why she seem so happy.
"Did I miss something important?"
"You don't remember"
A shake of the head. He knew that there was something he should remember but he just couldn't wrap his fingers around it. Stella seeing that he had forgotten decided to jump start his memory.
"Today is the day" She shouted gleefully but he just stared at her quizzically.
'What is today?' He inwardly asked himself before his eyes grewe wide like saucer as realization hit him. He heard stella giggle but he paid it no mind.
'June 1st'Today is the day we are finally gonna be let out of our cell for the first time in months. 'How could I have forgotten even when stella blabs about it all day.
"I'm finally gonna see your face!"
'Seriously that's why she's excited'. He deadpanned. To think that the reason she wants to go out to the light is so she could see his face.
"Shut up! Keep your excitement to yourself! Don't ruin it for the rest of us!" A voice shouted through the darkness, the owner unseen but they already knew who it belongs to. Stella's excitement died down when she suddenly gained a dark look in her eyes. A pair of dangerous pink eyes turned to glare into the darkness where the voice came from with so much KI it was hard to believe it belongs to a kid.
" Care to repeat that..yurei" She muttered darkly when suddenly an equal amount of ominous KI flooded their cell.
" I said... shut up.. pinku no saru" Naruto sighed at the reference to her eye color as he watched or rather listened from his spot at the corner of the dark cell as they continued to argue while throwing KI back and forth. This is what he had to bear with this past few months but they seemed to have been at it for way longer than that. The boy on the other side is Paul Tenshi but stella refers to him as ghost due to the fact that we have never seen any of his features before. We don't know his eye colour, shape or stature. All that is know is that he is from kraken island which happens to be in lionheart. His dream was to become a knight but that's out of his reach now. He revealed that the reason he was arrested was because he stole from the king warehouse to feed his little sister, though I find it hard that he will be thrown in the isolation block just because he stole, that's more fit for the criminal block. He has only been in this prison for one year.
"I'm gonna skin you alive " Stella stated with an all too innocent tone
"Seems like you have got a deathwish, momoiro no me"
"YOU KIDS SHOULD BOTH SHUT UP!". A gigantic wave of KI washed over the entire block instantly shutting the both of them up. Miranda Gold or at least I think that's her last name, is from the White clover Dynasty. She's a former knight that served directly under the king as his personal guard before she was arrested after she was accused of practicing the dark arts and plotting to overthrow the king. She is a master swordswoman and is widely known for her technique the "The Dark Flash". She has been here for five years so far.
"Don't be so hard on them mi-chan. They are just kids after all" And there is the final inmate of block I, old man Ken. He's the oldest prisoner in this block, having been sentenced to life imprisonment, he has given up on any hope for life. To make matters worse, he has never seen the light of day for the past thirty-five years. He rarely talks unless it is to stop the kids from chewing each other out or miranda from chewing the kids out. His reason for being thrown in jail is still unknown, so is his place of origin.
If it wasn't for newly made rule that the isolation block inmates would be allowed outside once every five months neither of them would ever hope to see the light of day.
'An odd group of inmates indeed' Naruto thought as he resigned back into his mind. The sound of approaching feet steps echoed throughout the darkness causing everyone to go quiet. A few minutes passed by before ten heavily armed guards walked into the prison block with torches. The guards approached each cells in pair with cuffs. The leader walked up to the last cell with a cocky look.
"Time to go witch" The guard said as he made eye contact with an uncomfortable stella. "I can't wait to show you what I have in-store for you" Immediately those words left his mouth ethereal slit blue eyes glared at the guard from within the darkness as an ominous amount killing Intent far outclassing that of miranda fell on him. The guard fell down on his knees as gravity weigh down on him, he gripped his neck in pain as he lost the ability to breathe and speak. The other guards watch this happen with fear evident in their eyes while the other inmates watched on with mild surprise and shock.
"Don't you ever dare call her that again, you hear me?" A rapid nod was the reply to his question as the guard is still finding it hard to breathe.
"Good" And like that the pressure left like it was never there to begin with allowing the guard to breathe freely but not without difficulty. The guard staggered back onto wobbly feet and unlocked the cell gate. A figure shifted within the darkness and walked out of the cell followed by a slightly smaller figure, their eyes and the outline of their body being their only distinguishing features. The dark figure stopped besides the guard, ethereal blue eyes turned to face the lead guard who quickly turned face down avoiding eye contact. He stood there for a few minutes staring intensely at him before walking pass him and out the block. The other guards made way for him as he walked passed them, the light from the torches momentarily revealing his blond hair and red prison uniform. Red eyes watched him curiously as he made his way out of the cell block.
'Just who the hell are you uzumaki naruto?'
Oni no Kuni
Shion putting on a purple flower patterned kimono sat down outside on the edge of her minka rereading the letter that was given to her by the warden a few months back. She looked up to the sky as tears escaped her eyes.
"Okaa-san"
She turned around to see naruko walking towards her in her orange pajama with a broad smile. Her blue eyes lit up immediately she made eye contact with her mom, she ran as fast as her little legs could carry her. Shion watched with a small smile as she hurried to close the distance between them. Once she got within range shion scoped her up which made her giggle happily before she stopped to stare quizzically at the tears in her mother's eyes.
"Why is mama crying" Naruko asked as she cupped her mother's cheeks with her small hands.
"Mama is not crying" Shion said as she quickly wiped off her tears.
"Mama is a bad liar" Naruko pointed out with a deadpan look which made shion laugh at how cute it looks while naruko pout at being made fun of.
"Not funny mama" She said but shion couldn't help herself from laughing which made naruko go on about parents making fun of their children.
"Is otou-sama coming back soon?"
At the mention of her husband shion picked up Naruto place her on her lap before saying with a fake smile "I don't know sweetheart. But it won't be long"
"Promise" Naruko beamed excited at her mother.
"Hm" Shion nodded before returning her gaze to the sky
'I hope you are happy wherever you are, otto'
Gosh I really took so much joy in writing this chapter that I felt like crying. It's hard to believe that I wrote this chapter, it felt too good to be true. Well now he's left the elemental nations. And only God knows what faith has install for him. Who exactly are this inmates and what have they done or been doing in their times before jail. Stay tuned X). Also don't forget to favorite, follow and review.
Minka: Old japanese building
Otto: Husband
Aoi: Blue
Tenshi:Angel
Yurei: Ghost
Pinku no saru: Pink eye monkey
Momoiro no me: Pink eye
Ja ne.
